RHBA-2014:0198 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated am-utils packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

[Updated 25 February 2014]
This advisory has been updated with the correct description of the ENOENT
error. No changes have been made to the packages.

Description

The am-utils packages provide the BSD automounter, Amd, which maintains a cache
of mounted file systems. File systems are mounted when they are first referenced
by a user, and unmounted after a period of inactivity.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the am-utils automount utility (amd) did not properly handle

possible "no such entity" error (ENOENT) returns when executing the umount
system calls on file systems mounted within the autofs file system. As a
consequence, amd terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault under
some circumstances. With this update, amd handles ENOENT returns as
expected, and the problem no longer occurs. (BZ#1065876)

Users of am-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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